Crafts for SALE

Hi Everyone!
YES...I'm still Alive and doing well. I've missed you all terribly and my crafting. Things in life happen and sometimes it takes a while to get a handle on things and make a new focus. There is A LOT going on right now and unfortunately I haven't had time to craft as much, if at all, as I would like. I'm staying Prayerful for Strength, Courage & Wisdom for God to give me clarity and order my steps. I Know..."And This Too Shall Pass".
Enough of the sappiness, I pray that all of you are doing well and that you haven't completely forgotten me (smile). I've been on a clearing the clutter mode...you know; getting "My House In Order". This brings me to my Craft Area...I've accumulated soooooo much that I'm finding I've bought some of the same things twice(ughhh). Anyhew, my accident, as I go through my various crafts get to become New Happy Mail or Crafty Treasures of your very own. As I come across things that I'm sorting through I will make a decision to either sell them at once, have a giveaway or donate them to a local school or after school program. Here are just a few of the items up for grabs. I will do my best to ship things out within 3 postal workings days from the date your purchase has cleared. Only US orders for now please. S&H will be calculated at checkout.

*Disclaimer: I've never setup a PayPal shopping cart before so I'm hoping I did this correctly if there are any errors on my part I will communicate with you directly to verify and confirm before anything is shipped. Also since these are items I need to get rid of in my "Clear the Clutter Mode", there will be NO Refunds, but I assure you the condition of just about all items are either New, Gently Used or Very Good condition for continued use. Feel free to ask questions about any item you are curious about.

(Check back often as this will be updated periodically with all sorts of Crafty Goodies...First Come, First Serve!)

Without further a due, here are the items I've come across thus far:

Prima Marketing - Mixed Medial Doll Cling Rubber Stamp 
Doll with Peasant Dress 7.25"
$4.00 - 1 Qty Brand NEW  - SOLD

My Favorite Things - Seasonal Sentiments
$14.00 - 1 Qty Brand NEW - SOLD

Papertrey Ink - We Go Together Stamp Set
$12.00 - 1 Qty Brand NEW  - SOLD

I {Heart} YOU

Hello Everyone,
Yes, I'm still Beaming with Excitement and beyond words over here about my news yesterday. Click here to read all about it. I'll get right too it as I'm getting this in under the wire for some challenges. Some of my favorite things to use in card making are embossing and using paper punches or die cuts(those wafer thin kind). It makes things quick and easy for making cards in moments notice.  I finally got around to getting this card out of my head and down onto some paper to see it come alive and I'm so glad I did. Hope you like too.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
My Creative Time - "Embossing (Heat and/or Dry)"
3 Girl Jam - "Anything Goes w/Ribbon"
Basic Grey Challenge - "Your Favorite"
More than Favors - "Valentine's Day"
Celebrate the Occasion - "Valentine's - Anything Goes"
Ribbon Carousel - "Love is in the Air" (include ribbon or twine)
D.L. Art Thankful Thursday - "Anything Goes" (February LINK Party)

Craft Recipe:
Papers: Echo Park(Love Story), Basic Grey(Clippings), Recollections, PTI
Tools: Stampin' Up Heart-2-Heart Punch, Cuttlebug(Swiss Dots), Martha Stewart(Heatbeat Pattern Punch),Embossing (Heat & Dry)
Stamps: MCT (Lots of Love), MFT(Lovey-Dovey Sentiments)
Embellies: Twine(MS), Ribbons(Stash), Glossy Accents

BEST DAY EVER!!!!

I woke up this morning after missing my normal favorite release day forum from the night before and I found this...

How Freakin' Cool Is That! I took a slight pause to make sure that I wasn't Seeing or Dreaming for that matter. At first I thought it was some fancy feature Papertrey Ink had on their page to detect when viewers are on there site and display their name...lol. Then I read the rest of it again. I started screaming and shaking...almost scared my little one too. (lol). After a few quick in and out breaths...I checked my email and  saw that someone else noticed my name too. I immediately sent an email to PTI to make sure it was real. It didn't take long for them to confirm that YES, I had indeed Won FREE STAMPS for a WHOLE YEAR!!! Whoo Hoo...(did my Happy Dance and alll...still have to pinch myself sometimes). Can't wait to get my first order. I'm soooo Stoked! Shout out to Papertrey Ink and Nichole Heady for offering such a Wonderful and Fantabulous Prize!

It's The Most Wonderful Time...

Hi My Friends,
I wanted to post this card as my first time entering into the My Favorite Things (MFT) Guest Designer Contest. Let me tell you that I think these are going to be my newest favorite stamps. I am in love with just about everything in their store. I wish I could afford it all. They have a FAB-U-LOUS Release going on right now. Check it out here. Anyhew, here is the card I came up with for the sketch we were to follow.

For this card. I use the special T ripple Scoop Seasonal Sentiment Stamp set from MFT. I am soooo in Love with this set. I use some 5.5 x 5.5 kraft corrugated card stock as my base along with some PTI Buttons & Card stock. The pattern paper is from Recollections new 6x6 paper pad "Jolly Holiday". The first sentiment on the front was embossed with white embossing powder and I adhered two buttons and twine from the twinery with them. This is definitely a Jolly Holiday card and I Love how the inside came out too. I used MFT's Die-namics "Fancy Flourish" to accent the other sentiment on the inside. (This die cuts like butta'). I adhered some bling to the flourish points and used my MS Glitter pen to give it some sparkle. I also used some sparkle on the front of the card to for the mini wreaths on the pattern paper. I hope you like my card and for my "Enabler Alert"...go check out "My Favorite Things" site and store is the Bomb-Diggity. I certainly have a lot on my wish list from them this season. Big Hugs & Smooches...

A Gift Card Set and Giveaways Extended...

Hi Everyone,
I trust you all are just as busy as I am. My Birthday (Month) Bash was a BLAST and very Memorable! As I'm winding down from all the lost sleep, it dawned on me that I still have even more to celebrate this month. My Wedding Anniversary is coming up next week (10/9-8yrs and counting <3)!...eek! (It's not that I forgot, but you know how things just slip up on ya...). Well... DH had plans for that weekend so, I will be M.I.A. from Blog-land for a while (sort of...lol <wink>). With that being said. I thought this would be a Great Time for all of You out there to still get in on the Giveaways that I have going...

All Birthday Bash & Grand Giveaways are extended for another week until next Saturday (10/13). 

If you're just coming here and want to know more about the Birthday Bash Weekend & Giveaway (Click Here). I would like to have more participants so help me Spread the Word by putting this post on your blog with a link back here.

Wooo Hooo! I know Right! Now you have No Excuse for not participating. It's Easy Peasy and The Prizes to be won are Fantabulous! I wouldn't give away anything I wouldn't use myself, so I know the winners will definitely enjoy them.

Now Get to those Comments and Create That Project!

In the meantime, I was able to crank out a quick card set last night for my step-daughter to give to her tutor (a family friend/Teacher) that's been helping her prepare for her SAT's the last few weeks (remember those days...yikes!). Anyway, they wouldn't accept any monetary payment from us, but we wanted to do something for them to show we appreciate them stepping in on such short notice. (Her test is this Saturday...please pray with us that she does an Excellent Job!).

Being that her tutor is a male, I didn't want to get to frilly with this card. You know how we crafters can be sometimes...lol. Here is the Gift Card Holder and Matching Card that I made for her to give to him after their last study session today. 

 (Inside this Card we put a Visa Gift Card)

 (Inside this Gift Card Holder we put a Subway Card, his favorite place)

I Love how this monochrome toned set turned out. It will fit him perfectly; colors and all. I will also be entering this into the following challenge(s):

Papertrey Ink (PTI) Make it Monday - Glittered Tabs
Simon Says Stamp - Glimmer & Sparkle

Crafty Supplies:

Paper: Recollections, Cloud 9, Stash

Sentiment: Papertrey Ink, My Creative Time, Simon Says Stamp, Inkadinkado

Tools: EK Success Punch (Circle, Scalloped Heart Circle), Glossy Accents, White Embossing Powder, 

Embellies: Twine, Bling, Buttons(PTI), Glitter(MS), Ribbon, Black Rosette(behind scalloped heart punch, hand-made)

Another Card Set...

Hey There Friend,
As you can tell, I'm on a roll. I've have another post of cards that I created to go along with the others on my previous post. Let's just say my friend will be stocked up for a while I hope. Here are some cards where I was playing around with my distress inks and man oh man do I Love how these came out. I almost didn't want to give them away, but for someone like her, she more than deserves it. I Love that reverse rubber stamp from Hero Arts. It really makes the flowers stand out. I kept it clean and simple with the card stock and sentiments I used from PTI's Think Big Favorites (can't remember which #'s). I added a touch of bling to some of the center of the flowers and WOW!, what a different a little bling makes. These cards with be entered into the following challenges: Hero Arts - "August Challenge-Sketch" and The Pink Elephant - "Sympathy/Thinking of You" Hope you like.

Cards & Note Card Set Pt. 1 of 3

Hi My Friends,
Well last night I delivered my "Care & Comfort Goodie Package" to my girlfriend. I didn't want to show too much here because I'm not sure how often she checks my blog. Luckily she hadn't seen it in a while (gotta get on her about that). Well... She Absolutely Loved, Loved, Loved IT!!! Forgive me, I didn't think to get pictures of the other stuff I put in here (shame on me) but I can share that there were some food comfort goodies (granola trial mix, V8 energy drink, sutter home, pre-sliced ready to eat fruit bowl...etc). She dug in right away. She LOVED all the cards so much, she wasn't sure if she might be able to give them away. I told her, I can always make more so feel free to share. She's a crafty person herself so I had to make sure (putting pressure on myself) that this package was crafted to the "T" or "C", whichever ...here is a glimpse of the paper crafts loaded in with her goodies along with the post from yesterday. (**Note: In an effort to post these multiple times in same challenge, I had to split up the posts, but hopefully when reading it will all flow together.)

I am really loving the latest release of dies & stamp sets from My Creative time. I used the 3x3 Tri-Fold Die and the 3x3 Envelope dies for this set. Paired it up with some DCWV paper, PTI buttons, Twine a little embossing and bling and it became quite a Notable Gift Set. This set will be entered in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - "Anything Goes", Craft Your Passion - "Emboss It", The Pink Elephant - "Sympathy/Thinking of You".

Cards... Pt. 3 of 3

This other card was also created using items in my stash where I'm trying to get the most bang out of what I already have. The stars and sentiment are from the latest Simon Says Stamp of the Month Kit for September. I'm so glad I joined. The items in their kits are all very useful and Awesome. It the perfect variety and portion. My little one looks forward to the mini lollipop that's always tucked inside the packages. I think that is so cute. This card will also be used in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - "Anything Goes", Anything Goes - Make Your Own Background, Craft Your Passion - "Emboss It".

Anything Goes...

Hello My Friends,
It's ME again. Bet you didn't think you'd hear from me twice in one night. Well I said, "I'll scrap you later" and it's now later for me...lol. Anyhew, I have another challenge I need to get in for tonight's deadline. I really had fun making this card. I actually made two versions of it, but I'll save that one for later to use on another post. Here's my card. And if I must say so myself...."Hot Dog, I think it's Ca-Ute"!

I created this card for the "Anything Goes" challenges over at:
Peachy Keen Challenge - Anything Goes
Celebrate the Occasions - Anything Goes
Cardz TV - Anything Goes
Recipe:
Cart: Block Party (Hot Dog)
Papers: DCWV pattern paper, Recollections
Tools: PKS - Wide Eyed Kids & April SKOTM, Studio G (Alpha letters), MS - Metallic Craft Ink, Momento
Embellies: Brads, PTI Buttons, Jute Twine
I love these types of challenges. It takes some of the pressure off of having to decide what to create to fit the challenge criteria. That's it for me tonight. I'll be scrappin' you later for sure.

Just My Cup of TEA...

Hi My Friends,
Yes, it's me again. I can't tell you all how glad I am to be crafting again. It's made things for me a lot easier to handle and gives me time to really think out things as I'm crafting. I here today to submit t his card for two challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - "Sketch Challenge"

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop - "Color Inspiration Challenge"

Here is my card and take on these two challenges. All paper is Papertrey Ink (PTI) except for the white and background layer. The pattern paper and sentiment are from Simon Says Stamp (SSS) July Stamp Kit. The image is from Market Street Stamps (MSS) - "Enjoy Today" which was stamped with Simply Chartreuse ink from PTI. I did the some custom scoring on the layers of the card. and a heart for some dimension and added a touch of stickles for some bling.

I think I'll be making a few more of these in different variations. I love how this came out. Until next time; Scrap you later...

Gettin' My Paint On...

Hello Friends,
I'm back with another challenge that I've always been fond of, but never got around to participating as much as I'd like. Well things are a changing...(lol). Over at Market Street Stamps (love every inch of their stamps) they have a "Paint the Town Color Challenge". I love their challenges like these. Here is the color challenge we were given.

Here is my take on the challenge:

I am also entering this into Paula's (She's a Proud 1st Time Mommy) Wacky Wednesday Challenge - Make a Pocket Card/Layout. Pardon the lighting on these, it looks much better in person. It was late at night and  my lamp was not working in favor with these colors..(lol). Until next time, scrap ya later...